Jayson Tatum started his night with a turnover and ended it with an air ball. For two quarters between, the Boston Celtics forward looked every bit the superstar he had become on this playoff run, but Tatum and his young teammates have undoubtedly left a championship on the table in Games 4 and 5 of the NBA Finals.
Consecutive fourth-quarter meltdowns will live with these Celtics long after this series if they cannot save their season, and the first team All-NBA face of the franchise will wear the loss, like it or not. This is how the league works, especially since Tatum has been party to a pair of inexplicable late-game disappearing acts.